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    But Luke the Spook says it's all "Russian oppression" Archived Message

    Posted by RaskolnikovX on July 13, 2023, 5:49 pm, in reply to "Re: Collectivisation = enclosure of the commons"

    https://www.dumptheguardian.com/books/2023/jul/09/war-and-punishment-the-story-of-russian-oppression-and-ukrainian-resistance-by-mikhail-zygar-review

    War and Punishment: The Story of Russian Oppression and Ukrainian Resistance by Mikhail Zygar – review

    This haunting history explores 350 years of ‘Russocentric exceptionalism’, debunking the myths fuelling Putin’s imperialism
    Luke Harding
    Luke Harding
    Sun 9 Jul 2023 07.00 BST

    For Russia’s liberals, these are unhappy times. A decade or so ago, it was possible to imagine a better, brighter future without Vladimir Putin. Street protests would drive him from power, maybe. And after a dark period of authoritarian rule, Alexei Navalny – or another opposition figure – would bring the country back to democracy and common sense, the hope went.

    Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, this dream has died. Putin has transformed Russia into what he always wanted it to be: a totalitarian state. The last vestiges of independent media have been closed. Critics have been jailed for tweeting against the war. Navalny languishes in a penal colony, criminal cases piling up around him, with zero prospect of release.

    ...continued (but not improved) at link...

    Lololol. He didn't actually write the book but holy tap-dancing Buddha he never gets tired of coming out with this bullshit. It really is astonishing how divorced from reality this stuff is but it nicely illustrates the last line of DJ's post above.

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